Analysis of The Sparrow
I cry like a wounded sparrow
That spent his tears in spring
Wandering for recompense
Lost in suffering-
That had a taste like iron
Rusty on my tongue
Washed away by the feeble tears
That trickle from the young
Burgundy and brimming-
Boiling within
The sun is a cruel warrior
That magnifies all things
I crave to bed with darkness
To shy from breathless words
To spread my wings, and sing my songs
Like the other birds
I cry like a wounded sparrow
Mimicking the spring
Trying to wash away
My deathless suffering.
Scheme | AbcbdefebghijklkAbmb |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101010 111101 100110 10100 1101110 10111 10110101 110101 100010 1001 011010100 11011 1111110 111101 11110111 10101 11101010 10001 101101 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 415 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on August 14, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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